Various Sorts of Sound Currents Reverberate in the Human System – Shiv Brat Lal:
“It has been said ‘Shabed nishtam Jagat’, i.e. the world sprang out of and exists by Sound or Word. In reality, it should be said this way; ‘Shabd nishtam Brahma’, i.e. the ‘Brahm’, and all sprang out of, and stand by Sound.
"In the beginning there was nothing but Sound. Unmanifested it was; from thence arose Its manifestation. The Force was somewhere polarised and from it proceeded gradually: vibrations after vibrations of Sound, and innumerable worlds rushed fourth into life and shape, as sparks from the fire, or bubbles from the spring, in globular forms. For, Motion is always in the form of a curve, and of this curvilinear motion of vibrations were created spheres after spheres, the three Dimensions of which have been already described in the previous notes. They have been located below the Fourth Dimension, which is Static, which is the Holy of the Holies, and the Sanctum Sanctorum.
"Thus, is rooted and grounded in Sound; he, she, it, I, thou, etc. Sound is here, there, and elsewhere; rightward and leftward; scattered around in the East, West, South, and North, above and below, everywhere.
"All personalities and impersonalities have their existence in Sound. Sound, is the symbol of ecstatic Bliss. Sound is the Spirit of the Spirit. Sound is the Light of the Lights. The theories and practices, what are they but Sound? Creator, Creation and Creatures are nothing but Sound.
"Some Scriptures describe this sound as Word, the principle permeating the Universe. It is even so, and it is something else as well. All that is that will be, and that was, is nothing but Sound. All find expression in Sound, in Word. All manifested by Sound. What is God but Sound person-ated. What are you, he, she, it, or I but sound personified.
"Oh Heavenly Music! Blessed are they that are in tune with Thee, the Guiding Angel of the pilgrims to the Holy of Holies! The True Preceptor within every soul!
"Oh what self-effulgent consciousness you are! Roaming in the pleasure-garden of the senses, rambling in the sensory and motor organs of the body, and filling in the internal apertures of all the discriminating faculties! Blessed are they that are in tune with Thee! Oh how fascinating! From below to up above, nothing but Sound and Sound! You are Earthly, Heavenly, and something beyond the Earth and the Heaven! Blessed are they that are in tune with Thee!
"Sound, this is the third method resorted to by the devotee [the third meditation practice in Sant Mat Meditation: Surat Shabd Yoga/Inner Sound Meditation]. This is the simplest and the easiest process of controlling the way-ward and restive mind. This is why so much importance has been attached to it. How these methods are taught is a matter of initiation and it needs no description here. The aspiring candidate is required to undergo the Baptism through sparks of Fire and sparkling rays of Sun and Moon…”
Shiv Brat Lal: “The devotee in his spiritual journey upwards hears sweet melodies which attract him. The melodies are a powerful magnetic force which draws the attention inwards and makes it fully attuned to proceed up and up.”
“Various sorts of Sound Currents reverberate in the human system from which the initiate has to pick up the right one and listen to it, otherwise he will go astray and lose his equipoise. The practical Guru forewarns his disciple and directs which Sound to listen to and which one to discard.” (Shiv Brat Lal)